The Medak district is all set to achieve another feather in its cap in the field of education.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTU-H) campus located near a tiny village is ready to welcome the fourth batch of its students in this academic year. The buildings are nearing completion and in the next couple of weeks the class rooms and administrative offices would be shifted to the new building.
The construction of Sultanpur campus commenced about two years ago and it would be completed in two-phases. Presently in the first phase – construction of academic zone- is nearing completion. Buildings for civil, mechanical, computer science and ECE are ready and attached with Lab One (for mechanical and civil engineering) and Lab two (for computer sciences and ECE).
Five buildings were planned in the academic zone and three buildings will be ready for occupation by July 15 The University has also planned construction of another two blocks- AD 1 and AD 2 – both two storied buildings- to meet future requirements. Coming to hostels, four hostels with two messes are being constructed in the first phase followed by two hostels and two messes in the second phase. All the six blocks –with four floors, each floor having 20
rooms and each room accommodating two students each- would provide accommodation to 960 students.
A type for Professors- B type for assistant professors- and C for other staff- are also under construction in addition to principal quarters in about 3,000 sft. The work on 4 MW power plant in about 15 acres on which power department laying the line from Jogipet to connect the surplus power to the grid is being done at brisk pace. It is expected that the power that would be generated from this plant will be surplus so that it can be dumped to the grid, which would be commissioned by August. The work on sewage treatment plant is also progressing and once completed can treat 60 KLD per day. “The entire building will be come up in about 10 lakh square feet with academic zone in 4 lakh square feet and hostels in 3.35 lakh square feet,” P. Chandrasekhar, Executive Engineer, told The Hindu
